Agricultural Seed Production

Raymond A T George has spent a lifetime in agronomy specialising in seed production. Following four years at Cambridge University Botanic Garden he moved to the NVRS, Wellesbourne as an Experimental Officer in the Plant Breeding Section for seven years. He then worked as an Advisory Officer for four years prior a lecturing and research appointment in crop production at the University of Bath where he supervised a team of research postgraduates studying seed production. He was seconded to The UN FAO in 1976 and worked on seed projects in Asia. Following his return to Bath University he was appointed Senior Lecturer in Crop Production and also continued to make consultancy missions for FAO, mainly concerned with seed production in Africa, Asia, South Pacific and the Indian Sub-Continent. Following retirement from Bath he continued consultancy and editorial work for FAO's Seed Service until 2010. He continues to write on seed production and associated topics.

• PART 1: PRINCIPLES 1.1: From Landrace to Modern Plant Breeding 1.2: Pollination, Types of Cultivar 1.3: Agronomy, Maintenance of Cultivar Purity and Organic Crops 1.4: Harvesting and Processing 1.5: Seed Storage 1.6: Seed Quality Control, Handling and Distribution PART 2: SEED PRODUCTION OF SPECIFIC CROPS 2.1: Gramineae - Self-fertilized Cereals 2.2: Gramineae - Cross-Fertilized Cereals 2.3: Gramineae - Temperate, Prairie and Tropical Grasses 2.4: Leguminosae - Temperate and Tropical Forage Legumes 2.5: Leguminosae - Pulse Crops 2.6: Edible Oilseed Crops 2.7: Forage Crops of Cruciferae and Chenopodiaceae 2.8: Amaranthaceae 3: Appendix: UPOV test guidelines 4: References 5: General Index 6: Index of Species